20th anniversary of the siege at Waco

February 27, 2013

Ceji Ashby of Waco (R), a supporter of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), shown in a file photo dated 21 March 1993 turning away after arguing with a demonstrator Jerald Finney of Austin at a roadblock near the Branch Davidian. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers.

Ceji Ashby of Waco (R), a supporter of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), shown in a file photo dated 21 March 1993 turning away after arguing with a demonstrator Jerald Finney of Austin at a roadblock near the Branch Davidian. After a shootout in Waco in 1993 that killed four federal agents and six members of the Branch Davidian religious sect, authorities negotiated with cult leader David Koresh for 51 days. On the final day, 19 April 1993, a few hours after a government tank rammed the cult's wooden fortress, the siege ended in a fiery blaze, killing Koresh and 80 of his followers.